New here. I've got a '77 Datsun 620 that I bought from the original owner's wife after he died...

It had 73K orginal miles when I got it. I drove it for about two years when the original heater hose burst and I was unable to get off the road before the head gasket blew! I let it sit for a month or so before getting to fixing it, but by then the water that had gotten into #4 cylinder had begun to rust the walls. Other than that though the motor looked great! I got into the "while I'm at it" mode and have now got a little bit of a sleeper...

Engine specs:L20b block bored .040 and completely polished and radiusedForged JE dome pistonslightened, race prepped longer rodsARP bolts everywhereBalanced blueprinted...U67 head, modified combustion chabers, heavily ported.540 lift/290 duration custom ground camIsky valve springs, titanium retainersCustom ported intake44mm SU's/K&N air cleanerscomputer controlled EDIS crank fired ignition w/MAP sensorwideband O2 sensor w/Lc-1 controller that talks to the ignition Custom built fuel rail250 GPH fuel pump

Brakes:Large slotted cross drilled rotor up front W/large calipersOriginal Drums in rear (disks coming soon!)

Interior:Mostly stock'78 280Z seatsIzumi steering wheelShort throw shifter w/leather shift boot280Zx carpet floor mats...

Basically a stock looking truck on the exterior other than the wheels!

Thanks for looking!

BTW these are somewhat old pics...the engine bay is a little cleaner now! It was still unfinished at the time of the pics and I guess it probably always will be...



















Thanks For looking!!

Modified by BURLEIGH at 1:55 PM 12/6/2009
Modified by BURLEIGH at 8:43 AM 12/10/2009

holy hell... the underhood on that thing is amazing! good s*** man!!

PEZi720 wrote:holy hell... the underhood on that thing is amazing! good s*** man!!

Thanks! Sorry for the old pics though. It looks a lot better now, but I am still working on getting everything buttoned up and in it's place. There were a LOT of loose ends in those pics...

Look what you did!

What did you use for your ignition? I see the distributor is all unhooked.

Welcome to Nico. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the welcome!

The ignition is a MegaJolt kit that I built using EDIS components from a ford Escort. It is fully programable and VERY acurate. It also has many user inputs and functions that are helpful. I set it to detect an extreme lean condition via the wideband O2 sensor and drop the timing dramatically to keep the 11.2:1 compression engine from self destructing! I am very happy with it!

-Richard

Nice job my friend! I like it !! I've got a 77 king cab also it's yellow ., just got on. Here to try to find out what my truck is worth .. But now that I hear you guys talking about, and fixing them up i might just keep
It.. Mine is all stock, yellow, no big dents at all, 620 .. What do you think i could sell it for??
Thanks!

Love these, mood dude, tell me more about the one you are thinking of selling.

Looks awesome especially under the hood.

Love these trucks. Hope to pick one up for myself one of these days